THE GAME OF BASEBALL

MLB released the list of the 2009 six-year minor league free agents. The Dodgers are the team with the most free agents (34), followed by the Marlins and the Mariners (32).

Among the 536 players declared FA, you can find some interesting names, such as once promising major leaguers Dallas McPherson, Josh Barfield, Chad Cordero and Hector Luna, and former top prospects or high draft picks like Steve Lerud, Larry Broadway, Kory Casto, Buck Coats, Matt Moses, Eric Duncan, Macay McBride, Shane Costa, Chris Lubanski, Ryan Harvey, Jackson Melian, Joel Guzman. 

Dallas McPherson is one of the most interesting minor league free agents

NL

Arizona (15)

Pitchers: LHP Jonathan Coutlangus, RHP Scott Dohmann, RHP Bobby Korecky, RHP Seth Etherton, RHP Ramon Sanchez                                

Catchers: Orlando Mercado, Matt Tupman

Infielders: Ruben Gotay, Agustin Murillo, Abraham Nunez, Guillermo Reyes, Ed Rogers

Outfielders: Trent Oeltjen, Chris Roberson, Brandon Watson

Atlanta (12)

Pitchers: RHP Bobby Brownlie, RHP Jerome Gamble, LHP Mariano Gomez, RHP Moises Hernandez, RHP Lance Niekro, LHP Juan Perez       

Catchers: Jose Camarena, Alvin Colina

Infielders: Chris Burke, Kody Kirkland, Ernesto Mejia, Antonio Perez

Chicago Cubs (11)

Pitchers: LHP Casey Fossum, RHP Vince Perkins, RHP Jose Pina

Catchers: Mark Johnson

Infielders: Matt Craig, Luis Rivas, Bobby Scales, Nate Spears

Outfielders: Doug Deeds, John-Ford Griffin, Brad Snyder

Cincinnati (12)

Pitchers: RHP Greg Atencio, RHP Federico Baez, RHP Ben Davis, RHP Jeff Kennard, LHP Alex Smit, LHP Camilo Vazquez

Catchers: Korey Feiner, Christopher Kroski

Infielders: Wes Bankston, Luis Bolivar

Outfielders: Shaun Cumberland, Lew Ford

Colorado (15)

Pitchers: LHP Adam Bright, RHP Jonathan George Jr., LHP Damian Moss, RHP Scott Munter, RHP Ryan Speier, RHP Matthew Wilhite

Catchers: Sal Fasano

Infielders: Mark Bellhorn, Christian Colonel, Daniel Ortmeier, Kenny Perez, Rex Rundgren, Danny Sandoval

Outfielders: Ryan Harvey, Paul McAnulty

Florida (32)

Pitchers: LHP Willie Collazo, RHP Matt Desalvo, RHP Nate Field, RHP Jonathan Fulton, RHP William Glen, RHP Clay Hensley, RHP Brian Lawrence, RHP Carlos Martinez, RHP Nick McCurdy, RHP David Miller, RHP Kasey Olenberger, RHP Henry Owens, RHP Matt Peterson, RHP Levale Speigner, RHP Nick Ungs

Catchers: Michael Rabelo, Neil Wilson

Infielders: Christopher De La Cruz, John Lindsey, David Matranga, Louis Ott, Smelin Perez, Kevin Randel,  Rigoberto Silverio, Lee Mitchell, Rich Townsend, Geraldo Valentin

Outfielders: Ben Harrison, Erik Kanaby, Michael Ryan, Lorenzo Scott, Brandon Tripp

Houston (20)

Pitchers: RHP Kenneth Baugh, RHP TJ Burton, RHP Jose Capellan, RHP Casey Daigle, RHP Tip Fairchild, RHP Abraham Gonzalez, RHP Ryan McKeller, LHP Mark McLemore, LHP Joshua Muecke, RHP Billy Sadler, LHP Andy Van Hekken, RHP Charles Weatherby III

Infielders: John Gall, Drew Meyer, Felix Molina, Ronald Ramirez, Mark Saccomanno, Chad Spann

Outfielders: Reggie Abercrombie,  Ray Sadler

L.A. Dodgers (34)

Pitchers: RHP Giancarlo Alvarado, LHP Marlon Arias, RHP Kendy Batista, RHP Henry Bonilla, RHP Travis Chick, RHP Hyang-Nam Choi, RHP Tim Corcoran, RHP Nick Debarr, RHP Joselo Diaz, RHP J.D. Durbin, RHP Francisco Felix, RHP Harvey Garcia, LHP Greg Miller, RHP Dwayne Pollok, RHP Jordan Pratt, RHP Zach Schreiber, RHP Scott Strickland, LHP Erick Threets, LHP Joseph Torres

Catchers: Danny Ardoin, JD Closser, Gabriel Gutierrez, Michael Rose

Infielders: Sergio Garcia, Juan Gonzalez, Brett Harper, Hector Luna, Gabriel Martinez, Luis Maza, Ramon Nivar, Vinny Rottino

Outfielders: Dee Brown, Andres Perez, James Tomlin

Milwaukee (14)

Pitchers: LHP Chris Capuano, RHP Ruben Flores, Matt Ginter, LHP Lindsay Gulin, RHP Ryan Houston, RHP Wes Littleton, LHP Sam Narron, LHP Chase Wright

Catchers: Carlos Corporan

Infielders: Michael Garciaparra, Kevin Melillo

Outfielders: Drew Anderson, Jon Knott, Freddy Parejo

N.Y. Mets (24)

Pitchers: LHP Edgar Alfonzo, RHP Manuel Alvarez, LHP Adam Bostick, RHP Julio De La Cruz, RHP Jim Ed Warden, RHP German Marte, RHP Chris Mason, RHP Tim McNab, RHP Carlos Muniz, LHP Adam Pettyjohn, LHP Heriberto Ruelas, RHP Jose Sanchez, RHP Kyle Snyder

Catchers: Robinson Cancel, Salvador Paniagua, Rene Rivera

Infielders: Javier Castillo, Mark Kiger, Michael Lamb, Argenis Reyes

Outfielders: Chip Ambres, Jason Dubois, Jesus Feliciano, Luis Rivera

Philadelphia (29)

Pitchers: RHP Jason Anderson, LHP Cedrick Bowers, LHP Gustavo Chacin, RHP Alexander Concepcion, RHP Tristan Crawford,  RHP John Ennis, RHP Santos Hernandez, LHP Jason Mackintosh, RHP Gary Majewski, LHP Brian Mazone, LHP Jake Woods

Catchers: Paul Hoover, Kevin Nelson

Infielders: Mike Cervenak, J.J. Furmaniak, Orlando Guevara, Brad Harman, Fidel Hernandez, Carlos Leon, David Newhan, Terry Tiffee, Andy Tracy, Jorge Velandia

Outfielders: Javis Diaz, Jason Ellison, Michael Spidale, Kevin Mahar, Brian Stavisky, Rich Thompson

Pittsburgh (28)

Pitchers: RHP Jason Davis, RHP Eric Hacker, LHP Corey Hamman, RHP Lincoln Holdzkom, RHP Jorge Julio, LHP Bobby Livingston, RHP Juan Mateo,  RHP Scott Nestor, RHP Jeremy Powell, RHP Dionis Rodriguez, RHP Ty Taubenheim, RHP Virgil Vasquez

Catchers: Hector Gimenez, Steven Lerud, Miguel Perez, Milver Reyes, Steven Suarez

Infielders: Chris Barnwell, Josh Bonifay, Tagg Bozied, Larry Broadway, Ray Chang, Angel Gonzalez, Pedro Lopez, Brian Myrow, Jamie Romak

Outfielders: Victor Igsema, Jonel Pacheco

San Diego (12)

Pitchers: RHP Rocky Cherry, RHP Carlos Guevara, RHP Jesse Orosco Jr.

Catchers: Michael Collins, Yamid Haad

Infielders: Russ Adams, Anthony Contreras, Brett Dowdy, Edgar Gonzalez

Outfielders: Peter Ciofrone, Drew Macias, Valentino Pascucci

San Francisco (23)

Pitchers: RHP Kelyn Acosta, RHP Matt Kinney, RHP Osiris Matos, RHP Bryan Millikan, RHP Mike Musgrave, RHP Ramon Ortiz, RHP Kelvin Pichardo, RHP Ronald Ray, RHP Ryan Sadowski, RHP Shingo Takatsu, RHP Trey Webb, RHP Roger Whitaker, RHP Orlando Yntema

Catchers: Stephen Holm, Jeffery Jennings

Infielders: Ramon Castro, Derin McMains, Dallas McPherson, Josh Phelps, Jake Wald

Outfielders: Joe Borchard, Jackson Melian, Michael Mooney

St. Louis (7)

Pitchers: LHP Julio Castellanos, LHP Kristhiam Linares, LHP Evan MacLane, LHP Charlie Manning, LHP Ian Ostlund, RHP Oneli Perez

Catchers: Brandon Yarbrough

Washington (22)

Pitchers: RHP Clint Everts, LHP Justin Jones, RHP Andrew Kown, LHP Horacio Ramirez, RHP Christopher Rivera, LHP Dave Williams

Catchers: Gustavo Molina, Luke Montz

Infielders: Adam Amar, Freddie Bynum, Kory Casto, Ofilio Castro, Brad Eldred, Joel Guzman, Jemel Spearman, Matthew Whitney, Marcos Yepez

Outfielders: Edgardo Baez, Norris Hopper, Ricardo Nanita, Jorge Padilla, Daryle Ward

AL

Baltimore (22)

Pitchers: RHP Scott Chiasson, RHP Fredy Deza, RHP Bob McCrory, RHP Andy Mitchell, RHP David Pauley, LHP Ryan Rodriguez, RHP Alfredo Simon, RHP Ross Wolf

Catchers: Victor Castillo, Robby Hammock, William Killian, Steve Torrealba

Infielders: Jolbert Cabrera, Justin Christian, Eric Crozier, Melvin Dorta, Dick Guanipa, Donnie Murphy, Brandon Pinckney

Outfielders: Ambiorix Concepcion, Victor Diaz, Dave Krynzel

Boston (10)

Pitchers: RHP Devern Hansack, LHP Derrick Loop, RHP Dave McKae, RHP Jarod Plummer, RHP Jose Vaquedano, RHP Charlie Zink

Infielders: Angel Chavez, Travis Denker, Ignacio Suarez

Outfielders: Brad Correll

Chicago White Sox (10)

Pitchers: RHP Dylan Axelrod, RHP Fernando Hernandez Jr., RHP Kelvin Jimenez, RHP John Van Benschoten, RHP Ehren Wassermann

Catchers: Justin Knoedler

Infielders: Eider Torres

Outfielders: David Cook, Josh Kroeger, Michael Restovich

Cleveland (14)

Pitchers: RHP Jack Cassel, LHP Juan Lara, RHP Blaine Neal, RHP Scott Roehl, LHP Rich Rundles, RHP Kirk Saarloos, RHP Juan Salas, LHP Michael Tejera

Catchers: Armando Camacaro

Infielders: Josh Barfield, Kyle Haines, Jesus Merchan, Ole Sheldon

Outfielders: Mickey Hall

Detroit (10)

Pitchers: RHP Nate Bump, LHP Ryan Ketchner, RHP Ruddy Lugo, LHP Macay McBride, LHP Kris Regas, RHP Patrick Stanley, LHP Jason Waddell

Outfielders: Brent Clevlen, Jeramy Laster, Maiko Loyola

Kansas City (18)

Pitchers: RHP Juan Abreu, RHP John Bannister, LHP Tim Hamulack, RHP Luke Hudson, LHP Michael O'Connor, RHP Chad Orvella, LHP Heath Phillips

Catchers: J.R. House, John Suomi, Vance Wilson

Infielders: Chase Fontaine, Ryan Shealy, Corey Smith

Outfielders: Cory Aldridge, Shane Costa, Chris Lubanski, Brian McFall, Tim Raines Jr.

L.A. Angels (15)

Pitchers: RHP Rikelvin Cedano, LHP Daniel Davidson, RHP Dan Denham, RHP Timothy Dorn, RHP Jeremy Hill, RHP Brad Knox, RHP Mike MacDonald, RHP Brad Salmon

Infielders: Jay Caligiuri, Luis Figueroa, Chris Gutierrez, Gary Patchett, Adam Pavkovich

Outfielders: Branden Florence, Val Majewski

Minnesota (8)

Pitchers: RHP Frank Mata, LHP Reid Santos, RHP Oswaldo Sosa

Infielders: Brian Buscher, Alejandro Machado, Brock Peterson

Outfielders: Matt Moses, David Winfree

N.Y. Yankees (17)

Pitchers: RHP Paul Bush, RHP Michael Gardner, RHP Justin Pope, RHP Humberto Sanchez, RHP Jason Stephens, RHP Jose Valdez

Catchers: Brian Peterson, Chris Stewart

Infielders: Doug Bernier, Eric Duncan, Carlos Mendoza, Cody Ransom, Marcos Vechionacci

Outfielders: Edwar Gonzalez, Freddy Guzman, Richie Robnett, John Rodriguez

Oakland (17)

Pitchers: RHP Daniel Barone, RHP Andrew Brown, RHP Shawn Chacon, RHP Dewon Day, RHP Leonardo Espinal, RHP Angel Garcia, RHP Chris Gissell, LHP Daniel Haigwood, LHP Justin Hampson, RHP Scott Mitchinson, RHP Scott Patterson, RHP Jerome Williams

Catchers: Raul Padron

Infielders: Carlos Arrieche, Frank Martinez

Outfielders: Chris Denorfia, Archie Gilbert

Seattle (32)

Pitchers: RHP Stephen Bray, LHP Danny Christensen, RHP Chad Cordero, RHP Mario De Jesus, RHP Jesus Delgado, RHP Josh Hall, RHP Eric Hull, RHP Mike Koplove, RHP Randy Messenger, RHP Luis Munoz, RHP Joey Newby, LHP Chris Seddon, RHP Steven Shell, LHP Luis Villarreal, RHP Jared Wells, RHP Juan Zapata, RHP Jeff Zimmerman

Catchers: Fleming Baez, Colt Morton, Jose Yepez

Infielders: Gerardo Avila, Ian Bladergroen, Alex Cintron, Callix Crabbe, Oswaldo Navarro, Brad Nelson

Outfielders: David Espinosa, Bryan Lahair, Mark McGonigle, Jerry Owens, Prentice Redman, Mel Stocker

Tampa Bay (18)

Pitchers: RHP Winston Abreu, RHP Joe Bateman, RHP Angel Castro, RHP Jason Childers, LHP Jason Cromer, RHP Richard De Los Santos, RHP Julio Depaula, LHP Carlos Hernandez, LHP Brandon Mann, RHP Calvin Medlock

Infielders: Jason Bowers, Brandon Chaves, Fernando Cortez, Henry Mateo, Ray Olmedo

Outfielders: Rashad Eldridge, Pedro Powell, Jon Weber

Texas (19)

Pitchers: RHP Bryan Corey, RHP Brian Gordon, LHP Mike Hinckley, LHP A.J. Murray, RHP Jailen Peguero, RHP Corey Ragsdale, RHP Elizardo Ramirez, RHP Josh Rupe, RHP Mike Wood

Catchers: Mauro Gomez

Infielders: Casey Benjamin, Adam Fox, Ryan Freel, Ian Gac, Royce Huffman, Justin Leone, Travis Metcalf

Outfielders: Dustin Majewski, Kevin Thompson

Toronto (16)

Pitchers: RHP T.J. Beam, LHP Fabio Castro, RHP James Lehman, LHP Chris Michalak, LHP Davis Romero, RHP Sean Smith

Catchers: Adair Betegon, Kyle Phillips

Infielders: Howie Clark, Jesus Gonzalez, Kevin Howard, Angel Sanchez

Outfielders: Buck Coats, Nick Gorneault, Jason Lane,  Bartolo Nicolas